Unit 4 Earthquakes课时作业

Using language

第一节.完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

　　I was very fortunate to be chosen by Kindspring to receive $100 for the monthly kindness competition.This past October I 1 some Inspiration(励志)．Trees and they have helped to make a 2 in people's lives.

　　The idea is simple.I took a lot of fallen branches that I had been 3 on walks and out at my parents' land and hung them from the ceiling with the help of volunteers and friends.I got a lot of art supplies and as people came in for the art exhibit，they were 4 to create a piece of art or a(n) 5 message to hang from the branches.

　　The tree changed into this really funny way of 6 positive messages.If you hung a message up，you had to take one down to 7 ．The experience was really 8 ．People of all ages and from all walks of life were sharing art and inspiration through the 9 ．

　　With the $100 I 10 from Kindspring，I made more Inspiration Trees，I took one to a 11 where I am a student teaching in a 6th grade special education classroom.They have already been 12 the tree on a daily basis.It encourages them to 13 and learn to spell，but most importantly they want to spread 14 by leaving positive messages for other students.The beautiful thing is that the messages they take can have a great 15 ．On a tough day，they can pull out the messages and be reminded(提醒)of kindness and get encouragement and 16 ．

　　I made more trees，and I am 17 them all over our community，such as classrooms and youth shelters for homeless teens.The 18 is to create communication that is positive and influence people's lives by just doing a 19 act of kindness.The messages people receive can be kept with them forever as a reminder of the 20 in the world.

　　【语篇解读】　本文是记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者制作了励志树并帮助人们互相鼓励的故事。

　　1．A.showed B．bought

C．found D．made